Phoenix by D.H. Lawrence

My good fried Justin gave me these wonderful words on the phoenix - the logo of the alchemism foundation : I welcome any other contributions on this wonderful bird which saved my life

PAUL

Phoenix

Are you willing to be sponged out, erased, cancelled,
made nothing?
Are you willing to be made nothing?
dipped into oblivion?

If not, you will never really change.

The phoenix renews her youth
Only when she is burnt, burnt alive, burnt down
to hot and flocculent ash.
Then the small stirring of a new small bub in the nest
with strands of down like floating ash
shows that she is renewing her youth like the eagle,
immortal bird.




D. H. Lawrence